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In the age of AI, founders face a constant choice: disrupt the market—or defend what they’ve built. Disrupt or Defend is a weekly podcast for startup founders, CTOs, and tech builders who want to stay ahead without losing focus on people and purpose. Host Daniel Kazani, co-founder of Softup Technologies, talks with founders and experts who are shaping the next wave of software innovation. From AI agents and low-code tools to scaling dev teams and building products that last, each episode explores the decisions that define a company’s future. If you’re building in tech and want real stories, practical lessons, and honest conversations about the balance between boldness and focus—this show is for you. Subscribe and join the community of builders defining what comes next in tech.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn the age of AI, founders face a constant choice: disrupt the market, or defend what they’ve built. Disrupt or Defend is a weekly podcast for startup founders, CTOs, and tech builders who want to stay ahead without losing focus on people and purpose.
Disrupt or Defend is hosted by Softup Technologies GmbH. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "When to sell your startup, and who actually gets paid (with Sebastien Stanley-Jones) | Ep. 36" (20 August 2026, 33 minutes), "How AI is disrupting the practice of Law | Ep. 35" (6 August 2026, 28 minutes), and "The Fastest Data Grid for your App? | Ep. 34" (23 July 2026, 31 minutes).
Disrupt or Defend publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for Disrupt or Defend is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Disrupt or Defend requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Disrupt or Defend's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Disrupt or Defend are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. Disrupt or Defend has a technology audience.
Softup Technologies GmbH hosts Disrupt or Defend, a technology podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Episode #36
Airtable sold to Bending Spoons. The founders walked away ultra-high-net-worth, and the employees who gave the company three, five, or ten years walked away holding something worth zero. ㅤ Daniel Kazani , co-founder of...
Most law firms bill by the hour. Bennett B. Borden built one that almost never does. ㅤ He tells Daniel Kazani , co-founder of Softup , that conservatively 80% of what a lawyer does today is better done by AI. The 20%...
Episode #34
Users don't blame your table when it stutters. They blame their WiFi, refresh the page, and wonder if their laptop is dying. Then they open a product where the rows glide, and yours suddenly feels broken. ㅤ Daniel...
Episode #34
<p>Users don't blame your table when it stutters. They blame their WiFi, refresh the page, and wonder if their laptop is dying. Then they open a product where the rows glide, and yours suddenly feels...
Episode #32
Berlin's startup scene has changed. When funding was cheap, an idea and a pitch deck were enough. Now, early-stage founders are walking into banks — not VCs — because capital has gotten expensive and the runway has to...
Episode #32
<p>Berlin's startup scene has changed. When funding was cheap, an idea and a pitch deck were enough. Now, early-stage founders are walking into banks — not VCs — because capital has gotten expensive and the runway has...
Episode #31
<p>Everyone says small businesses will start building their own software. Tim Metzner has a sharper read: most owners are too busy surviving to ever maintain their own tools.</p><p>ㅤ</p><p>Host Daniel Kazani, co-founder...
Episode #31
Everyone says small businesses will start building their own software. Tim Metzner has a sharper read: most owners are too busy surviving to ever maintain their own tools. ㅤ Host Daniel Kazani , co-founder of Softup...
<p>Real estate moves slowly. AI moves fast. Daniel Kazani sits down with Frederik Raspé, founder and CEO of Acquirepad, to figure out what happens when you point fast technology at a slow, trust-heavy...
<p>What separates a SaaS business worth a real exit from one that buyers quietly walk away from in 2026?</p><p>ㅤ</p><p>Daniel Kazani, co-founder of Softup, sits down with Dirk Sahlmer, partner at FE International, to...
<p>Spotify and Netflix both know what you like. The one place that exists for your literal taste, the restaurant, hands every guest the same printed card.</p><p>ㅤ</p><p>Daniel Kazani sits down with Amir Khoshbakht...
<p>The hype says AI is coming for your engineers. John McKinney, a fractional CTO who has run engineering at AOL and a string of CTO seats since, says it is closer to "super Google."</p><p>ㅤ</p><p>Daniel Kazani...
<p>Most people think of AI as a productivity tool. Dr. Adam Link sees it as something else entirely: a wealth transfer mechanism, one that's quietly shifting money from people who don't understand AI toward people who...
<p>Less than 20% of Germany's "hidden champions" use AI systematically. That single stat sets the tone for this conversation. Daniel Kazani of Softup sits down with Dr. Annette Doms - EU AI Act strategist, serial...
Episode #23
<p>Most internal tools are outdated before they ever ship. That's the problem at the heart of this conversation - and it's one that almost every technical founder has felt personally. Daniel Kazani sits down with Dario...
<p>The hype surrounding artificial intelligence forces investors to separate true innovation from mere noise. Daniel Kazani, co-founder of Softup, sits down with Blerina Sanocki to explore her exact framework for...
<p>The bottleneck in software is no longer building the product: it is getting it into the hands of users. As artificial intelligence compresses development timelines, distribution and go-to-market strategies are...
<p>Autonomous AI agents promise massive productivity gains, but with autonomy comes severe financial and legal risk. If an AI system deployed in banking falls victim to a prompt injection attack, it could falsify...
<p>Artificial intelligence models are hungry for high-quality human knowledge. For years, developers scraped this data without asking permission or compensating the creators. Now, massive lawsuits are forcing the tech...
Episode #18
<p>Traditional real estate systems often come with rules, limitations, and legacy baggage that can stifle creativity. Host Daniel Kazani speaks with Bobby Bryant, M.Ed.x2 about building a solution that bypasses the MLS...
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